Letter to BS: Govt's recent steps to improve India's exports laudable

This refers to the editorial “India’s export problem” (September 16). Compliments for beautifully analysing multiple problems of Indian exports and pointing out, perhaps, the single largest handicap — the cost of logistics — that makes our exports uncompetitive. Logistics costs as a percentage of the total price of exports even in an advanced and high-wage country like Germany are significantly lower than those in India. Our turnaround time for ships and trucks at our ports is several times higher than the global standards — half a day and 30 minutes respectively as cited by you. Obviously, the sloth and inefficiency